TextNow Coverage Map

Stetson Doggett

Updated:

December 27, 2024

Does TextNow have good coverage?

Use the interactive maps below to check TextNow coverage in your area.

You can also download the free Coverage Map app for iPhone and Android to compare cellular coverage between carriers.

Great coverage (-90dBm) = stream 4K videos, video call, use your phone to its fullest potential

Good coverage (-100dBm) = stream 480p videos, browse social media, stream music, use the web

Poor coverage (-110dBm or lower) = make phone calls, send a text

*The Estimated Coverage Map is created with coverage data from the FCC

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TextNow Coverage Stats

Here are fast facts about TextNow's coverage:

Carrier: TextNow
Network: T-Mobile
Total coverage: 46.6%
Total square miles covered: 1,551,924
Total population covered: 330 million people (99.0%)
5G coverage: 36.0%
5G square miles covered: 1,200,851
Population covered by 5G: 326 million people (97.8%)

The above statistics come from our analysis of the FCC signal strength data and T-Mobile.

TextNow Coverage Overview

TextNow is a prepaid cell phone carrier known as a mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO.

MVNOs, such as TextNow, are cell phone carriers that do not own or operate their own cellular networks. Instead, MVNOs make agreements with larger carriers to use their networks for coverage.

In the case of TextNow, it has an agreement with T-Mobile and uses T-Mobile's cellular network for coverage.

TextNow provides nationwide coverage on T-Mobile's LTE network. TextNow LTE covers 99% of Americans and reaches 46.6% of the country.

5G is also available on TextNow thanks to T-Mobile's 5G network. TextNow 5G covers 36% of the country and reaches over 326 million Americans.

How to Check TextNow Coverage

You can check TextNow coverage in your area using the search bar on the interactive coverage maps at the top of this page.

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TextNow Coverage by State

How good is TextNow's coverage?

Here is a look at TextNow’s coverage in each state. The coverage is broken down by areas with great, good, poor, and no reception:

Sate	Area Covered (sq km)	Total Percent Covered	Great Coverage	Good Coverage	Poor Coverage
Alabama	82,658	61.8%	16.4%	21.7%	23.7%
Alaska	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Arizona	111,205	38.7%	13.3%	15.0%	10.4%
Arkansas	76,557	55.6%	11.4%	19.5%	24.7%
California	202,987	52.4%	20.2%	19.7%	12.5%
Colorado	105,263	39.1%	8.2%	14.2%	16.6%
Connecticut	11,572	89.8%	41.4%	28.6%	19.8%
Delaware	4,666	88.8%	31.2%	32.1%	25.5%
District of Columbia	177	100.0%	97.7%	2.3%	0.0%
Florida	104,323	75.2%	29.8%	24.1%	21.4%
Georgia	102,292	67.1%	20.2%	22.2%	24.6%
Hawaii	8,241	49.5%	18.1%	18.4%	13.1%
Idaho	79,285	36.7%	10.6%	15.0%	11.2%
Illinois	110,015	75.4%	22.7%	27.8%	25.0%
Indiana	77,316	82.5%	25.4%	31.6%	25.5%
Iowa	109,605	75.2%	17.2%	29.9%	28.1%
Kansas	103,819	48.7%	8.5%	15.9%	24.3%
Kentucky	60,826	58.2%	15.7%	21.7%	20.7%
Louisiana	74,931	62.0%	16.7%	22.0%	23.4%
Maine	31,967	53.3%	11.9%	18.9%	22.5%
Maryland	23,345	83.5%	35.1%	28.5%	20.0%
Massachusetts	17,767	84.5%	41.8%	25.4%	17.2%
Michigan	90,020	59.8%	17.3%	20.8%	21.7%
Minnesota	126,373	60.0%	13.1%	20.6%	26.4%
Mississippi	88,879	72.0%	15.8%	26.1%	30.1%
Missouri	107,617	59.6%	14.0%	21.4%	24.2%
Montana	119,144	31.3%	6.5%	11.4%	13.4%
Nebraska	84,912	42.4%	6.7%	13.2%	22.5%
Nevada	83,659	29.2%	7.7%	13.2%	8.4%
New Hampshire	14,608	62.1%	17.1%	22.8%	22.2%
New Jersey	17,525	89.1%	45.2%	26.1%	17.8%
New Mexico	167,062	53.5%	12.8%	22.2%	18.5%
New York	75,293	59.7%	19.9%	20.7%	19.2%
North Carolina	82,518	63.8%	19.4%	22.2%	22.2%
North Dakota	66,986	36.6%	4.5%	10.9%	21.3%
Ohio	89,000	83.3%	31.6%	31.5%	20.2%
Oklahoma	112,558	62.3%	13.8%	21.1%	27.5%
Oregon	86,400	35.0%	12.0%	13.1%	9.9%
Pennsylvania	82,730	70.5%	28.6%	23.3%	18.6%
Rhode Island	2,682	94.4%	42.2%	29.9%	22.3%
South Carolina	60,818	75.6%	24.3%	26.7%	24.6%
South Dakota	80,649	40.3%	5.3%	12.6%	22.4%
Tennessee	66,064	60.7%	20.7%	20.4%	19.6%
Texas	361,649	52.7%	12.9%	17.5%	22.4%
Utah	91,757	42.0%	13.2%	17.1%	11.6%
Vermont	11,987	48.1%	10.1%	17.4%	20.6%
Virginia	64,421	61.4%	19.4%	20.9%	21.1%
Washington	87,202	52.6%	18.9%	18.9%	14.8%
West Virginia	26,751	42.6%	12.3%	14.6%	15.7%
Wisconsin	79,299	54.6%	14.7%	19.3%	20.5%
Wyoming	92,091	36.4%	6.8%	14.3%	15.3%

TextNow 5G Coverage by State

Here is a breakdown of TextNow's 5G coverage in each state:

Sate	Area Covered (sq km)	Total Percent Covered	Great Coverage	Good Coverage	Poor Coverage
Alabama	66,023	49.4%	19.6%	29.8%	0.0%
Alaska	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Arizona	91,796	32.0%	16.8%	15.2%	0.0%
Arkansas	54,822	39.8%	13.2%	26.6%	0.0%
California	173,496	44.8%	24.1%	20.7%	0.0%
Colorado	69,026	25.6%	8.9%	16.7%	0.0%
Connecticut	10,582	82.1%	45.5%	36.6%	0.0%
Delaware	4,332	82.4%	37.8%	44.7%	0.0%
District of Columbia	177	100.0%	97.2%	2.8%	0.0%
Florida	93,271	67.3%	35.5%	31.8%	0.0%
Georgia	84,321	55.3%	23.8%	31.5%	0.0%
Hawaii	7,465	44.8%	23.9%	20.9%	0.0%
Idaho	66,165	30.7%	14.2%	16.4%	0.0%
Illinois	85,537	58.6%	26.7%	31.9%	0.0%
Indiana	59,820	63.8%	25.7%	38.2%	0.0%
Iowa	77,314	53.1%	18.1%	35.0%	0.0%
Kansas	70,501	33.1%	9.8%	23.3%	0.0%
Kentucky	45,268	43.3%	16.9%	26.4%	0.0%
Louisiana	60,165	49.8%	19.8%	30.0%	0.0%
Maine	25,757	43.0%	14.8%	28.2%	0.0%
Maryland	22,080	79.0%	43.2%	35.8%	0.0%
Massachusetts	15,981	76.0%	42.2%	33.8%	0.0%
Michigan	73,337	48.7%	19.2%	29.5%	0.0%
Minnesota	89,779	42.6%	14.5%	28.1%	0.0%
Mississippi	67,881	55.0%	18.7%	36.3%	0.0%
Missouri	80,951	44.8%	16.1%	28.7%	0.0%
Montana	103,456	27.2%	10.1%	17.1%	0.0%
Nebraska	44,486	22.2%	5.9%	16.4%	0.0%
Nevada	72,299	25.3%	11.9%	13.3%	0.0%
New Hampshire	12,288	52.2%	20.4%	31.9%	0.0%
New Jersey	16,139	82.1%	48.8%	33.3%	0.0%
New Mexico	119,605	38.3%	12.4%	25.9%	0.0%
New York	66,730	52.9%	24.3%	28.6%	0.0%
North Carolina	72,785	56.2%	24.7%	31.6%	0.0%
North Dakota	37,125	20.3%	4.7%	15.6%	0.0%
Ohio	75,839	71.0%	33.4%	37.5%	0.0%
Oklahoma	76,205	42.2%	14.1%	28.1%	0.0%
Oregon	69,623	28.2%	14.8%	13.4%	0.0%
Pennsylvania	71,613	61.0%	32.3%	28.7%	0.0%
Rhode Island	2,476	87.1%	44.4%	42.8%	0.0%
South Carolina	52,221	64.9%	28.1%	36.9%	0.0%
South Dakota	41,872	20.9%	5.1%	15.8%	0.0%
Tennessee	54,829	50.3%	23.5%	26.8%	0.0%
Texas	269,365	39.3%	14.9%	24.4%	0.0%
Utah	78,749	36.0%	17.4%	18.6%	0.0%
Vermont	9,073	36.4%	12.6%	23.9%	0.0%
Virginia	54,706	52.1%	22.9%	29.2%	0.0%
Washington	72,662	43.9%	21.7%	22.2%	0.0%
West Virginia	20,465	32.6%	14.9%	17.7%	0.0%
Wisconsin	61,296	42.2%	16.2%	25.9%	0.0%
Wyoming	58,441	23.1%	6.6%	16.5%	0.0%

TextNow Data Speeds by State

How fast is TextNow?

Here are the median data speeds TextNow customers have gotten in each state:

State	T-Mobile Median Download Speeds	T-Mobile Median Upload Speeds	T-Mobile Median Latency
Alabama	109.8 Mbps	8.7 Mbps	42 ms
Alaska	13.0 Mbps	6.8 Mbps	184 ms
Arizona	244.0 Mbps	15.4 Mbps	30 ms
Arkansas	105.9 Mbps	7.5 Mbps	73 ms
California	144.2 Mbps	18.9 Mbps	30 ms
Colorado	141.9 Mbps	15.1 Mbps	25 ms
Connecticut	271.3 Mbps	23.7 Mbps	32 ms
Delaware	145.2 Mbps	12.6 Mbps	30 ms
District of Columbia	371.5 Mbps	39.6 Mbps	22 ms
Florida	141.2 Mbps	16.5 Mbps	35 ms
Georgia	278.2 Mbps	20.6 Mbps	29 ms
Hawaii	150.5 Mbps	22.0 Mbps	70 ms
Idaho	122.6 Mbps	47.2 Mbps	59 ms
Illinois	217.9 Mbps	15.6 Mbps	28 ms
Indiana	186.3 Mbps	11.5 Mbps	40 ms
Iowa	170.5 Mbps	25.3 Mbps	43 ms
Kansas	263.1 Mbps	18.6 Mbps	35 ms
Kentucky	176.1 Mbps	13.3 Mbps	38 ms
Louisiana	62.3 Mbps	6.1 Mbps	79 ms
Maine	70.7 Mbps	9.9 Mbps	41 ms
Maryland	157.5 Mbps	18.9 Mbps	30 ms
Massachusetts	177.3 Mbps	20.3 Mbps	30 ms
Michigan	164.7 Mbps	12.6 Mbps	29 ms
Minnesota	120.8 Mbps	46.6 Mbps	91 ms
Mississippi	91.0 Mbps	5.5 Mbps	72 ms
Missouri	139.2 Mbps	13.2 Mbps	49 ms
Montana	89.0 Mbps	23.3 Mbps	92 ms
Nebraska	117.6 Mbps	43.9 Mbps	88 ms
Nevada	147.4 Mbps	34.6 Mbps	31 ms
New Hampshire	108.2 Mbps	15.8 Mbps	34 ms
New Jersey	144.9 Mbps	17.5 Mbps	30 ms
New Mexico	74.0 Mbps	12.6 Mbps	93 ms
New York	190.7 Mbps	18.6 Mbps	33 ms
North Carolina	135.0 Mbps	12.6 Mbps	47 ms
North Dakota	113.3 Mbps	38.6 Mbps	76 ms
Ohio	157.9 Mbps	11.7 Mbps	37 ms
Oklahoma	80.0 Mbps	9.6 Mbps	41 ms
Oregon	126.0 Mbps	44.9 Mbps	71 ms
Pennsylvania	140.0 Mbps	16.8 Mbps	37 ms
Rhode Island	305.4 Mbps	24.5 Mbps	23 ms
South Carolina	107.3 Mbps	15.0 Mbps	53 ms
South Dakota	116.5 Mbps	47.0 Mbps	79 ms
Tennessee	166.6 Mbps	11.8 Mbps	42 ms
Texas	238.3 Mbps	19.1 Mbps	24 ms
Utah	131.4 Mbps	17.8 Mbps	28 ms
Vermont	78.7 Mbps	11.2 Mbps	47 ms
Virginia	115.4 Mbps	15.4 Mbps	34 ms
Washington	162.6 Mbps	14.9 Mbps	55 ms
West Virginia	83.0 Mbps	12.1 Mbps	43 ms
Wisconsin	170.5 Mbps	16.8 Mbps	41 ms
Wyoming	113.6 Mbps	24.4 Mbps	62 ms

TextNow Coverage Frequently Asked Questions

Is TextNow coverage good?

TextNow covers 99% of Americans thanks to it riding on T-Mobile's extensive 4G LTE and 5G networks. So yes, for most people, TextNow coverage will be good.

Does TextNow offer 5G?

Yes. TextNow offers nationwide 5G coverage on T-Mobile's 5G network.

Does TextNow have coverage in Canada?

Yes. All of TextNow's plans include free talk, text, and data roaming in Canada.

Does TextNow have coverage in Mexico?

Yes. All of TextNow's plans include free talk, text, and data roaming in Mexico.

Does TextNow have international coverage?

No. TextNow does not offer coverage outside of North America.

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